Soldados Razos at War - Chicano Politics, Identity, and Masculinity in the U.S. Military from World War II to Vietnam Rosales StevenPaperback
Soldados Razos at War - Chicano Politics, Identity, and Masculinity in the U.S. Military from World War II to Vietnam Rosales StevenPaperback What were the catalysts that motivated Mexican American…
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Soldados Razos at War - Chicano Politics, Identity, and Masculinity in the U.S. Military from World War II to Vietnam Rosales StevenPaperback
What were the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist or readily accept their draft notices in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam? military offers an ideal way to study the aspirations and behaviors that carried over into the civilian lives of these young men. In Soldados Razos at War, historian and veteran Steven Rosales chronicles the experiences of Chicano servicemen who fought for the United States, explaining why these men served, how they served, and the impact of their service on their identity and political consciousness.As a social space imbued with its own martial and masculine ethos, the U.S.
Using rich oral histories and archival research, Rosales investigates the military's transformative potential with a particular focus on socioeconomic mobility, masculinity, and postwar A tradition of martial citizenship forms the core of the book.